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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a consumer safety advisory warning drivers and repair professionals about counterfeit airbags. These units reportedly look just like certified OEM airbags, but the agency’s testing shows them to be inferior – with malfunctions ranging from non-deployment to launching metal shrapnel. At the bottom of this post is an official NHTSA video of the counterfeit airbags.

The NHTSA says the full scope and scale of the problem is uncertain at the moment, but it is not aware of any deaths or injuries connected to counterfeit airbags. The agency believes the problem affects less than 0.1 percent of all vehicles in the U.S. If your car has been in a crash in the last three years, and had its airbags replaced by a repair shop other than a new car dealership, NHTSA urges you to contact the manufacturer to have your vehicle inspected. The inspection – and replacement airbag, if necessary – would be at the owner’s expense.

Along with a number of other government agencies, the NHTSA has been working to prevent the sale and installation of counterfeit airbags in the U.S. The agency is also working with automakers to learn how each company verifies the authenticity of replacement parts. Moving forward, the NHTSA will keep an eye on consumer complaints, police accident reports, and other sources to learn more about counterfeit parts.

A full list of automaker call centers and additional information can be found here. Below is a list of vehicle makes and models that NHTSA has identified counterfeit airbags may be available for. To see how dangerous these bootleg parts can be, check out the video here.